childhood

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/ See IPA manual

Freq #2701

Meanings

1

noun
The period of a person's life when they are a child.

She spent her childhood in a small village by the sea.
2

noun
The early stage in the development of something.

At that time, the technology was still in its childhood.

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Forms childhoods

Derived forms childhoodlesschildhoodlikemidchildhoodprechildhood

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Etymology

From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).

childhode Middle English ċildhād Old English

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# childhood

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/
**Frequency rank:** 2701

## Meanings
1. The period of a person's life when they are a child.
2. The early stage in the development of something.

## Examples
- She spent her childhood in a small village by the sea.
- At that time, the technology was still in its childhood.

## Derived Forms
- childhoodless
- childhoodlike
- midchildhood
- prechildhood

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: childhode
- Root: ċildhād
- Affix: -hood - state

## Etymology
From Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”).

## AI Etymology
childhood is a noun. It is from Middle English childhode, childhod, from Old English ċildhād (“childhood”). By surface analysis, child + -hood. Compare dialectal Dutch kindheid (“childishness”), German Low German Kinnerheid (“childhood”), and German Kindheit (“childhood”). Historical forms in the chain include childhode (Middle English) and ċildhād (Old English). Current senses include the period of a person's life when they are a child and the early stage in the development of something. Derived forms include childhoodless, childhoodlike, midchildhood, and prechildhood.

## Topics
- People & Society

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